Vehicle-wheel



(No Model.) i 'I'. B. JBFFERY.`

VEHICLE WHEEL. 1510.` 283,130. Patented May 22,1888.4

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,f j y wel n Jmmdgv shown and described herein. jects is to provide a method ,of attaching spokes.

THOMAS B. JEFFERY, 0F RAVENSWOD, ILLINOS.

VEHICLE-WHEEL..

SPECIFICATION forming part of .Letters Patent No. 383,130, lated May 22, 153313. Application tiled August 5, 1887. Serial No. 246,231. (No xconel.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, THOMAS B. JEFFERY, a citizen of thellnited States,residing atltavens wood, county of Cool-r, and State of Illinois,

have invented 'certain new anduseful Improve- .ments in Vehicle-llfheels, which are fully described in the following speciiicatiomreierence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

In the. drawings, Figure l is a vertical scction of the ielly and tire of a vehicle-wheel, showing my improvement. Fig. 2 is a-modiication of saine. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a vehiclewheel in a rut, illustrating the application of rny deviceand showing thecarth in section. y

A is the rim; B, the spoke uut or nipple securing the spoke b.

C isa band brazed or secured in any manner tothe outer circumference of the rim,

flanged to receive the tire D,`and having holesV d at short intervals in both iianges.

D are pins, whose heads d are embedded in the tire and whosesnialler ends project through the holes d in the lianges of the band C, thus.

securing the tire. ID2 are similar but larger pins, whose heads are similarly embedded in the tire and whose purpose will be hereinafter explained.

My invention relates to the felly and tire of a. vehicle wheel. particularly in velocipedewheels, and is so @ne of its obto thea-im without the necessity of any hole in the rim except the one through which .the spoke' 4or nippleis attached, and so toavoid the weakening of the rim caused by an extra hole. l

It has been customary and necessary in attaching spokes to the ordinary hollow rim to perlorate the outer as well as the inner wall, in order to pass the spoke or nipple through the rim and allow the expanded head of the nipple or a nut and washer, or similar device for securing the spqke,to bear against the outer the turning of a bicycle-wheel'ont of a rut or side of the inner wall of the rini." ln my device I forni the rim of Aone piece bent into a cylindrical or other desired form, so that its edges approach but do not meet, thus leaving lt is designed to be used a rift, E, in its outer circumference. The spokes or nipples are then passed through this rift into holes bored in the inner Wall and made fast in the usual manner. lhe band C, flanged to receive the tire, is then 4 brazed or welded to the rim, as show-n in Figs. 1 and 2, so as to cover` the rift and overlap the adjacent edges of the rim, thus making a solid rim flanged on its outer circumference to receive the tire. As far as securing the tire is concerned, it is of courseimmaterial whether the flanged band C. is a separate piece or a continuation of the rim A.

Another object of my invention is to avoid al diiiiculty which has been encountered when the rubber tire is attached to the rim by cement alone, which is the usual method employed. This usual mode is difficult and not altogether reliable, and affords no means of .removing the tire without heating the rim, which requires special facilities. To avoid these objections and defects, I forni the tire with the pins D embedded in its substance, as described, ,be

fore vulcanizing,ai1d retained securely by their .enlarged heads, as shown, and having their ends slightly projecting laterally, part on one side and part on theother, at positions corre spending to the holes d. rlhey may be of hard rubber, metal, or other l suitably hard substance. VThe tire is inserted in the rim, being laterally compressed to admit the projecting pinsv between the flanges, care being taken that the position of the pins agrees with that of the holes, so that the reaction of the rubber tire from such compression will throw the project` ing ends of the pins into the holes. The pins should be allowed to project far enough through the flanges so that there will be no danger of j their being pulled frorntheir holes by the lateral yielding or compression ofthe rubber tire when in use, and itwill then be seen` that the enlarged ends of the pins being embedded firm] y inthe rubber, the rubber itself must be torn before the tire can be forced from the rixn by any twisting or turning upon the ground.

A. thirdobject of rny device is to facilitate track quickly and safely. The exposed surfaceof the ordinary tire is round and smooth, and it has been found that when the wheel.,

being in a rut, is turned, toward either side the tire will slip along the eide 'of the rut, and before it can be forced out of it the wheel will probably be ovcrbalanccd 'and the rider unseated. This is especially truewhen attempting to turn out of a cartrack, when the iiangev of the rail over which the whe vl must be turned presents asmooth perpen icular side to the tire, in which-case it is next to impossible, even for 'a skillful rider, to avoid either. a dismount or a fall. I therefore provide pins D2,similar to the pins D', and secured to the tire in precisely the same' manner and similarly situated, but nearer its outeredge, and which project a short distance ou either side of theltire. -These pins being a short distance apart circumferentially on the tire, when the wheelis turned on a car-rail, for instance, one of them will at once catch upon -the top of the rail-ia`ge, and, actingl as a climber, will raise the wheel immediately from therail and allowV it to be turned 'at once out of the track. If

y,the wheel is sought to betu'rned out1 of a rut,

-`these' projecting pins will operate in the same manner by gripping theA earth forming the side of the rut and compel thewheel to cl-iub out.'

- 'same radial planes with the pins D', jsotthat when any strain is brought upon themh there willbcthe pins DA back of them pto' aid in bearing it; but this is not material. The pins of simple projections standingout from the tire, which modification will necessitate larger apertures in the rim, if used there. The project-ions D2 may also nearly correspond in distance from oneanother to the spaces between the holes in the rim, so that the outer-'surface maybe -turned inward when worn, thereby1 extendingv the length of time thc-tire maybe used.

1. Ina vehicle-wheel, afelly comprising a riin' formed of one piece bent so that its edges approach, and a band secured upon its outer circumference overlapping said edges, substantiall y as and for the purpose set forth.

l2. In a -vehicle-Wheel, a felly comprising a hollow rim` formed of one piece bent so that'its edges yapproach but do not meet, and a band secured upon itsou ter circumference overlapping said edges'and anged to receive the tire, sub` stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a vehicle-Wheel, in combination 'with the rirn flanged to 'receive the tire,'a rubbertire having on each side a row of'pins embedded firmly therein projecting through correspond The pins D"l arepreferably placed iii/@the larged heads are embedded iirmly therein, and

which project through corresponding holes in theiia'nges, whereby the tire is secured to-the rim, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

5. In a vehicle-wheel, in combination with the yrim -flanged to receive the tire,asoftrubber tire having on each side a ro'w of pins of harder material embedded firmly therein and project- .ing through corresponding holes in the lianges,

whereby the tirev is secured tothe rim, substantiall y as and for'the-purpose set forth.

6j. I In a vehicle-wheel, in combination, the

rim, a bandsecured upon its outer cireumference and flanged to receive the tire, and a rubzber tire having on `each side arow of pins,

therein and 'whose smaller ends project through 'corresponding holes in the flanges, whereby the tire is secured to the rinrspubstantially' as and for thepurpose set forth;

7-. In a -vehelewlz'heel,- in combi-nation. with4 vthe rim, the rubber tire secured therealoout,

'whoseenlarged heads' are' rmly embedded having on each' s i'de beyond `the rim ajrow of projections thereon .aud extending laterally,

the rim, the rubber tire secured'- thereabout,

pins, whose enlarged heads' are -frmly einbedded therein and 'whose sinaller ends project laterally, substantially as and for thepur. pose setpforth.

9. In a vehicle-wheel,- iu combination' with the rim, a soft-rubber tire `secu red'thercabout,

l 96 substantially as and for the purpose .set forth; v- 8. In a'vehiclefwheel, incombination with having onfeach side beyond thel rim a row-of y vpins of harder substance firmly embedded therein and projecting laterally, substantially. as and for the-purpose set'forth.'

`10. In a vehicle-,wheehin combination with the rim -iianged Vto receive the tire', the-rubber tire secured thereabout andihaving on each4 side two rows of pins lying in` -the same'radial planes, embedded .firmly inthe tire and Apro v e jectinglaterally,.substantially asand for the purposeset forth-. v A i In testimony whereof I have'he'rcnuto set. my

hand, Aat chiicage, illinois, this' 1st day of An! gust, 1887,'in the presence of ltwo witnesses.

. THOS. B. 'JEFFERY.

Witnesses:

- E. F.. BENToN,'

CORAL. CADWALLADER.. 

